In the small German town of Weimar, there was a flourishing intellectual scene that created some of the country’s best writers and artists.
Speyer Cathedral
It’s the largest Romanesque church in the world and a true marvel of religious architecture. In a small German town, Speyer Cathedral dominates the skyline.
Völklingen Ironworks
Völklingen Ironworks was the first industrial site added to the World Heritage List. It played a huge part in development of Germany in the 20th century.
Muskauer Park
The dream of a travel writer and landscape gardener was to create a grand park in his homeland of Germany. And so Muskauer Park was born.
Wartburg Castle
For almost a thousand years, Wartburg Castle has stood at the top of this mountain. As styles changed over the years, it became a gallery of this history.
The Roman border
When the Romans were at their peak in the second century, these fortifications in Germany protected their frontier. Now, one fort’s been reconstructed.
Mud in Germany
Holidaymakers come here to relax by the beach – many not even realising this is a unique landscape that hosts a habitat found nowhere else in the world.
If the shoe fits…
This factory was one of the first Modernist buildings in Europe and, amazingly, is still used by the same company that constructed it a century ago!
The rich Hanseatic cities
If you’re a rich city in the medieval days, what do you do? Well, you protect yourself and construct grand public buildings. That’s what these two did!